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PBS Commemorates Tenth Anniversary of September 11th
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ARLINGTON, VA; JULY 25, 2011 — PBS will commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11th with a special series of new and encore programs leading up to and continuing beyond Sunday, September 11. Programs in news and public affairs, science, and the performing arts are planned as part of the remembrance. Beginning at 4:00 p.m. on September 11, the entire PBS schedule will be devoted to special programming. In addition to these broadcasts, PBS.org will feature comprehensive coverage of the tenth anniversary of September 11th, including full-episode streaming of programs the day after broadcast and archival programs chronicling the attacks' impact on our nation.
"As America commemorates the anniversary of this tragic event, PBS takes a deeper look at how it has transformed our collective perceptions of everything from our spiritual beliefs to national security to the impact two wars are having on our military families," said John F. Wilson, PBS Senior Vice President & Chief TV Programming Executive.
On Sunday, September 11, at 8:00 p.m., PBS NEWSHOUR presents "America Remembers - 9/11," a 90-minute special broadcast commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks. The PBS NEWSHOUR team will examine the significance of the day in many different communities across the nation. Hari Sreenivasan will narrate an account of the three major memorial observances at Ground Zero in New York City, at the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Jeffrey Brown will speak with several contributors to a new book, Legacy Letters; they have all written letters, filled with insights gained in the past 10 years, to the family members they lost when the Twin Towers collapsed in New York. Ray Suarez will explore the attitudes of American Muslims, their efforts to get beyond the deep mistrust caused by 9/11 and their perspectives on what the future looks like for them; this story will be shot in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Judy Woodruff introduces viewers to a generation of young Americans who know only a post-9/11 world and visits a small town in California that has made extraordinary contributions, in terms of young lives lost, to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gwen Ifill will explore a decade of war's impact on hundreds of thousands of soldiers and their families and the nation's efforts to care for them. The broadcast will also include several pieces of a "video quilt" the PBS audience has been invited to help produce, using the PBS NEWSHOUR's social media sites.
At 9:30 p.m. on the 11th, PBS presents GREAT PERFORMANCES "A Concert for New York." The New York Philharmonic, with conductor Alan Gilbert, soprano Dorothea Röschmann, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, and the New York Choral Artists (Joseph Flummerfelt, director), performs Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" in a concert for New York for the tenth Anniversary of 9/11 – in remembrance and renewal. Taped at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City on September 10.
On Wednesday, September 7, at 9:00 p.m., NOVA presents "Engineering Ground Zero," an epic story of engineering, innovation and the perseverance of the human spirit. With extraordinary access granted by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, "Engineering Ground Zero" follows the five-year construction of One World Trade Center (1 WTC) and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The program features interviews with 1 WTC architect David Childs; Chris Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Mayor Michael Bloomberg, chairman of the 9/11 Memorial Foundation; and Michael Arad, the man behind the breakthrough concept for the 9/11 Memorial.
A series of both new and encore FRONTLINE programs is planned in conjunction with the tenth anniversary. In the years after September 11th, FRONTLINE produced more than 45 hours of award-winning films documenting the 9/11 attacks and America's response to them. On Tuesday, September 6, at 9:00 p.m., the FRONTLINE team that produced "Bush's War," "The Torture Question" and "Cheney's Law" teams up with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest to investigate the dramatic changes that have reshaped America in the last decade. "Top Secret America" examines the history of the dark side of America's "war on terror." From the creation of black site prisons abroad and super-secret facilities here in America, to targeted killings and covert wars waged by special forces, to a multibillion-dollar terrorism industrial complex; FRONTLINE and Dana Priest ask how a decade of fighting terrorism has reshaped the country and whether it has made us any safer. FRONTLINE also presents "The Interrogator," featuring a rare interview with Ali Soufan, the FBI agent at the center of the 9/11 investigations, on Tuesday, September 13, at 9:00 p.m.
Coverage of the tenth anniversary of September 11th will continue throughout the week on other PBS programs, including TAVIS SMILEY and WASHINGTON WEEK WITH GWEN IFILL AND NATIONAL JOURNAL.
The complete schedule of commemorative programs follows; online streaming information is noted beneath listing information.
Monday, August 29, 10:00 -11:00 p.m. ET OBJECTS AND MEMORY (Encore)
What is it about a piece of paper, a chunk of metal or a small coin that provokes powerful memories? This program examines the importance and meaning of items recovered after, or offered in response to, 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing and the Vietnam War.. The film is set to the music of Philip Glass and narrated by Frank Langella.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET FRONTLINE "The Man Who Knew" (Encore) Full-length streaming video available on PBS.org
When the Twin Towers fell, among the thousands killed was the one man who may have known more about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda than any other person in America: the FBI's former top counterterrorism agent, John O'Neill. Forced out of the FBI after battles with the top brass, O'Neill took a new position in the private sector — head of security at the World Trade Center, where he was killed on September 11. The story of O'Neill's life and death provides a rare glimpse inside the FBI and helps answer the question: What did the government know?
Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET FRONTLINE "Top Secret America" Full-length streaming video available on PBS.org on September 7.
FRONTLINE and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest ask how a decade of fighting terrorism has reshaped the country and whether it has made us safer.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET NOVA "Engineering Ground Zero" Full-length streaming video available on PBS.org on September 8.
Program follows the five-year construction of One World Trade Center (1 WTC) and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
Wednesday, September 7, 10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. ET FRONTLINE "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero" (Encore)
This critically acclaimed film explores how peoples' beliefs — and unbelief — have been challenged since September 11, and how they are coping with difficult questions of good and evil, God's culpability and the potential for darkness within religion itself. From survivors who were pulled from the wreckage of the Twin Towers to the widow of a New York City firefighter; from priests and rabbis to security guards and opera divas; from lapsed Catholics and Jews to Buddhists, Muslims and atheists, FRONTLINE explores and illuminates the many spiritual questions that have come out of the terror, pain and destruction at Ground Zero.
Sunday, September 11
4:00-5:00 p.m. ET OBJECTS AND MEMORY (Encore)
5:00-7:00 p.m. ET FRONTLINE "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero" (Encore)
7:00-8:00 p.m. ET NOVA "Engineering Ground Zero"
Program follows the five-year construction of One World Trade Center (1 WTC) and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
8:00-9:30 p.m. ET AMERICA REMEMBERS – 9/11 Full-length program streams simultaneously on PBS NewsHour. The site will also be streaming live video from 9/11 New York memorial services.
During this one-hour special broadcast commemorating the 10th anniversary of the attacks, the PBS NEWSHOUR team will examine the significance of the day in many different communities across the nation.
9:30-11:00 p.m. ET GREAT PERFORMANCES "A Concert for New York"
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor, with Dorothea Röschmann, soprano, Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano and the New York Choral Artists (Joseph Flummerfelt, director) perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection in a Concert for New York for the tenth Anniversary of 9/11 – In remembrance and renewal.
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Several hundred guests witnessed the services in person and hundreds more online (video available here). The ceremony was historic for the Presbyterian Church as well as for McCormick; Dr. Yamada is the first Asian American called to serve as president of a Presbyterian seminary.
Unprecedented Diversity
With the theme The View from 2040, the newly installed President discussed the significance of future social changes and how these changes affect the ways that seminaries are called to prepare their students.
Dr. Yamada said, "As we approach the year 2040, we are heading toward a world unprecedented in its diversity. Most census experts believe that somewhere in this time, certainly by the midpoint of the 21st Century, our census will tip, and we will no longer have a racial/ethnic majority in this country… If theological education and our churches cannot adapt to the realities of 2040 in all its complexity, in all of its rich diversity, seminaries are doomed to be an archaeological artifact, a volume best left in the long-term storage section of the archives of human knowledge, thrown in the $1 bin with all of the other bad movies of the 80s."
Attached is President Yamada's Inaugural Address in its entirety.
Images from the Inaugural Events
Photo stream from "The View from 2040: The Futures of Theological Education" - A Panel Discussion.
Photo stream from the Inaugural Service.
Video from the Inaugural Service.
Student Reactions to Inaugural Events
Dr. Yamada's inauguration was truly fitting for the sea change his presidency of McCormick represents. Dr. Yamada is ordained in the PC(USA) and is president of a PC(USA) related institution, and yet both his social location and the context of the inauguration offer a hopeful alternative to the narrative often found in Presbyterian seminaries. The service deeply reflected Dr. Yamada's dedication to the cross-cultural commitments we often speak of at McCormick, as well as the realities that 2040 will bring to us not only as church, but as society. -- J. Phillips, Senior
I felt like the theme of the inauguration was really poignant. 2040 is just around the corner and, like our institution, it's important to look to the future of our seminary, the church, and our society. So to look at the upcoming reality of what our world is going to look like, helps to keep us on track with our mission of preparing leaders to go into the world; we have to be realistic about what this world is going to look like. Having Frank as someone who is so forward looking can only help the ministry that McCormick is doing in moving us into the future to be relevant and to send out leaders into the world who understand what it means to be relevant in society. -- S. Donaldson, Senior
President Yamada's inauguration was a perfect example of McCormick's community and our life together. The service emphasized the diversity of our community and also pointed to the tremendous scholarship of our faculty! Frank's inaugural speech was a hopeful and prophetic call to see all the possibilities of theological education. I'm so proud to be a part of this community that seeks to creatively embrace so many voices and experiences in the church today and in our future together. -- A. Mohaupt, M.Div graduate, MTh student
In his inaugural address President Frank Yamada said that those of us in ministry and the training of ministers need to be engaged in "helping see our futures in the plural lest we die in our lack of understanding of each other." Hearing those words was a great validation of the interfaith work that I have been engaged in at McCormick for the past three years as a DMin Student. Our new President is no doubt going to provide the prophetic leadership we need as we seek to deepen Christian expression in the varied and plural settings in which we minister. At this Inauguration our President declared that our future is to be diverse, playful, and faithful. The future is hopeful and bright at MTS. -- Rev. Canon Kevin George, DMin – Class 2012, Rector of St. Mark's by-the-Lake Anglican Church in Tecumseh, Ontario

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Pitching powers win
The Bisons won their fourth straight game on Saturday night, 4-1 in the first game of a four-game road trip against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Coca-Cola Park.
Dillon Gee delivered another quality start for the Herd giving up just a run on three hits over 6.2 innings. The lone run came on a Melvin Dorta solo homer in the third frame. Gee improved to 5-1 on the year.
Gee figured into the game offensively as well, leading off the third inning with a walk. After advancing to third on a double by Jesus Feliciano, Gee scored the Bisons first run of the game on a Mike Jacobs groundout.
The Bisons broke the 1-1 tie in the seventh. Following a Josh Thole double, Gee grounded a ball to IronPigs third-baseman Cody Ransom. The ball however was booted off the heel of Ransom's glove, bounded into left field, and allowed Thole to score the go-ahead run.
The Bisons would tack on two more insurance runs in the ninth inning. One run came in via an Oscar Villarreal error and the other on a pinch-hit RBI single by D.J. Wabick.
Adam Pettyjohn and John Lujan combined for 2.1 innings of hitless relieve of Gee to close out the victory and improve the Bisons to a season best nine games above .500.
Buffalo will look to extend their winning streak tomorrow afternoon with a 1:35 p.m. start time from Coca-Cola Park.
BISONS NOTES: Jesus Feliciano went 2-4 tonight to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, which ties a team season high…Mike Jacobs went 1-4 with an RBI to extend his hitting streak to seven games…Jon Malo made his 2010 Bisons debut in the ninth inning to pinch-run for Valentino Pascucci…Emmanuel Garcia had his first multi-hit game for the Bisons going 2-4.


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A brand new modern international airport is high on the wish list of Dominicans and subsequently high on the priority list of politicians. Most people who wish to have a new airport, envision that as soon as the airport is officially opened, sizeable airplanes from far away come in like flies to the syrup. Slow down! Let's start at the beginning.
Nothing can be started, until the funding is secured. A fair estimate of the cost of such an airport is around 300 million US dollars. The cost could be somewhat lower or higher. There is more than just excavation, paving a runway and putting up a terminal. Where are you going to get that amount of money? Rest assured that there is no such a thing as generous angels or a free lunch. Wherever the money comes from or who makes it available, a return of investment is expected. If it was some type of loan, monthly installments need to be paid. And then of course there is the interest that needs to be paid.
Let's do some calculating. 300,000,000 US$ over 20 yrs = 15,000,000 annually or divided by 12, 1,250,000 monthly that has to be paid back. Of course, you can make it more appealing by stretching it over 40 years and then it is still 625,000 dollar per month. Then of course there is interest that must be paid. Let take an unrealistic low interest rate of just 1%. That means in the first year, 3 million dollars in interest, which is 250,000 per month. Add that to the monthly installment and the amount will be 875,000 US$. How are you going to make those payments?
Passengers taxes? Okay, let's estimate that your airport will handle 350,000 passengers and the passenger tax (facility tax or processing tax or whatever tax) is US$ 40 pp. That amounts to an annual revenue of 14 million US$ or 1.2 million per month. Great! But after loan payments and interest, only 325,000 is left and it isn't profit. Operating an airport cost money (staff, utilities, maintenance). Let's just say that it needs a staff of 70 persons (of course salaries vary) and take an average of US$ 3,000 pp per month which makes it 210,000 and still 115,000 left over. Now there are utility bills that need to be paid, cost for marketing, maintenance, etc.
Why is this calculation incorrect? Wait until the comments below this article are coming in. Many readers will point out what the flaws are. Yet, mind that this calculation is only food for thought and anyone can give it his or her own twist in a comment. For one, experts in aviation or financing may say that the estimated numbers are too optimistic.
How long will it take to build such an airport? Let's just say two years. (When will the development start?) However, in those two years there will be no revenue, just bills that need to be paid. No passengers. Major airlines don't just come on promises and they are no opportunists. They are risk adverse. They analyze the route potential and calculate before making any decision. Regional carriers will come anyway, you already have some. But for the larger international airways to come, it will take lead time. How long? Six to twelve months, provided that the island will attract enough potential passengers to guarantee an 85% plus passenger load.
If as indicated the project might start six months from now. The development and construction will take two years. The leadtime for the first major international airline to come is six months. That makes three years until the Dominican wish may be realized, if there are no hurdles or delays.
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By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 30th Dec 15
In a giant capability boost for the Indian Navy, a naval warship today test-fired a new missile that can shoot down incoming aerial threats --- such as aircraft and missiles --- whilst they are still 70 kilometres away.
A defence ministry press release today stated: "Adding a quantum jump in its air defence capability, INS Kolkata, Indian Navy's state of art, indigenous stealth destroyer, successfully test fired the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM). Two missiles were fired on 29th and 30th of December on high-speed targets, during naval exercises being undertaken in the Arabian Sea."
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and India's Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) have jointly developed the LR-SAM. The Israelis call this cutting-edge missile system the Barak-8, while India calls it the LR-SAM.
In earlier days, ship-to-ship battles were fought with heavy-calibre guns, requiring warships to come within gun range of each other. Once a shell was fired from a gun, there was no way of intercepting it in mid-flight.
Guns have now been replaced with long-range, anti-ship missiles, which are fired from submarines, ships or aircraft up to 150 kilometres away. Many of these, such as the US-made Harpoon II, are extremely accurate, with sensors on the missile homing it unerringly onto its target. They have a key vulnerability, though. Since a missile is bigger and much slower that a gun shell, it can be detected at long ranges with radar, and then shot down in mid-flight with another missile.
The LR-SAM detects and shoots down incoming missiles and aircraft with a reliability that is said to exceed 95 per cent. DRDO sources say there will be further tests to verify that the missile has been integrated properly onto INS Kolkata.
Mechanics of engagement
To engage an incoming missile or aircraft at the maximum possible range, INS Kolkata's on-board radar --- called the MF-STAR (multi-function surveillance, tracking and acquisition radar) --- can detect it while it is still 200 kilometres away.
After detecting the target in the recent tests, the MF-STAR began tracking it, communicating its key parameters --- distance, altitude, direction and velocity --- to INS Kolkata's command centre in real time.
Meanwhile the LR-SAM interceptor, located in a vertical canister on the warship's deck, began its pre-launch checks. Simultaneously, the LR-SAM's command system was generating engagement scenarios, calculating the exact point where the outgoing missile would impact and destroy the incoming target.
As INS Kolkata's weapons officer gave the launch command, the interceptor roared out of its canister, engulfing the deck in a ball of fire. At the designated height, it switched to level flight, gained supersonic speed, and streaked towards the incoming target, guided by the MF-STAR over a data link.
About five-to-seven kilometres short of the target, a seeker on the interceptor's nose switched on, locking it onto the target. To accelerate the interceptor, which was by now merely coasting, the dual-pulse motor fired for a second time. This increased the interceptor's velocity up to Mach 5-7, enabling it to manoeuvre sharply in tandem with the target's evasive zigzags.
A few metres from the target, the interceptor's proximity fuse detonated its 23-kilo high-explosive warhead, disrupting it and preventing it from reaching the Kolkata.
The DRDO termed the test a success, although the "high-speed targets" that the LR-SAM shot down were significantly slower than the actual threats it must counter. Simulated targets travel at 500-550 kilometres per hour (kmph), while the Harpoon anti-ship missile comes in at about 865 kmph; and the Exocet missile at 1,150 kmph.
LR-SAM origins
During the Kargil conflict of 1999, when the navy was preparing for war, the admirals realised to their dismay that they had no counter to the Pakistan Navy's Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The bigger and more sophisticated Indian warships, some costing half a billion dollars, were vulnerable to being sunk by the Harpoon, which costs less than $2 million. New Delhi approached Tel Aviv for an emergency procurement of the Barak anti-missile missile, which tided over that crisis.
Pleased with the Barak, New Delhi and Tel Aviv agreed in January 2006 to develop a 70-kilometre version of the Barak to counter anti-ship missiles of the future. Given the navy's "blue water" ambition to control wide swathes of the Indian Ocean, a destroyer or frigate equipped with the LR-SAM would not just protect itself; but also create a protected "air defence bubble" for smaller warships in the flotilla.
India allocated Rs 2,606 crore to this project, which includes Rs 1,700 crore for fitting three Kolkata-class destroyers with the LR-SAM. The Israeli Navy made an equal commitment, undertaking to fit the Barak-8 on its three Sa'ar corvettes.
The work share was divided, with 30 per cent going to the DRDO, which was charged with developing the LR-SAM's solid-fuel, two-pulse propulsion motors. Israeli company, Rafael, has developed the rest of the interceptor missile. IAI has built the rest of the systems, including the sophisticated MF-STAR radar.
The delay in the LR-SAM of three-to-four years has been caused mainly by the DRDO's difficulties in building the sophisticated two-pulse motor. Eventually, it succeeded in developing a stable propellant for this purpose.
The way ahead
After the LR-SAM is integrated on all three Kolkata-class destroyers (Project 15-A); it will be built for another four Project 15-B destroyers being constructed in Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai (MDL); and seven frigates that will begin construction in MDL and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata (GRSE). The LR-SAM will also be installed on INS Vikrant, the indigenous aircraft carrier being built in Kochi. It is almost certain that several more warships would be equipped with the LR-SAM.
The manufacturing supply chain that is now emerging includes several private sector companies, such as Godrej & Boyce, and SEC. The LR-SAM system will be integrated at state-owned Bharat Dynamics Ltd. DRDO officials say that indigenising numerous sub-systems will bring down the cost of the system.


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The Ford Raptor might be the most over hyped vehicle ever built- hyped by people that have no idea what it really is. It is the first of its kind, a new breed of sport off roader and people often saw it as something it isn't- a trophy truck.
The Raptor is not a race vehicle. It is the first only factory built truck designed to go off road at high speeds, and as with all firsts it was met with some misunderstanding. The Raptor is a sports truck, not a race truck. It was built to go off road racing like a Porsche Cayman is built to go to Le Mans from the factory- it wasn't. It is extremely fun to go driving off road in a sporty manner, but if you push it too hard it will break. It is advertised to jump and take rough roads at speed, like Porsches are advertised as being able to corner at high speed. If you drive a Porsche around a unfamiliar track with your foot to the floor you don't blame Porsche when you end up in the tire barrier.
The perception problem people have is that compared to everything else on the road, the Raptor is a pretty extreme prerunner. It has nice suspension components, and it is so easy to drive at speed in the desert it makes you want to go faster and faster. It never feels like it is being abused, and that is part of the problem. You never know when you're approaching the limit until you've already passed it. Another problem is when owners that are new to off road driving try to push their trucks.
The Raptor is not a long travel truck, despite advertising and journalists saying it is. It's a mid-travel truck that has been set up very well by a team of professionals from Ford and Fox. The triple bypass dampers mean the truck rides smoother the faster it is driven, and it rides smoother over large bumps than small ones. This makes it very easy for inexperienced drivers to start over driving the truck. The truck has around 12" of travel, and at rest or driving down the road it sits in the middle of that travel. This allows the wheels to fall into dips, and rise over bumps. Remember the Raptor has 34.5" tires and only 6" of uptravel available when sizing obstacles in the road.
Dirt roads are unpredictable and hard to read unless you know what you're doing. Bumps and dips hide in certain light, so knowing the course you're on is very important. The Raptor is more than capable of completing the Baja 1000 or the Dakar rally in one piece and has done both. There is a reason trophy truck teams spend a week pre running the Baja 1000 course, marking obstacles and setting up their trucks for the course and then many of them don't finish the race. Off roading is hard on vehicles, and high speed off roading compounds that abuse so knowing where you are and what you're doing is very important to safely driving a truck like the Raptor at speed.
When the Raptor hit the streets in the middle of 2009, everyone loved it. It made truck people out of people that hate trucks. Nobody can deny the cool factor of the Raptor. Two years later, the bent frame scandal began. A company that specializes in Raptor aftermarket parts organized a "Raptor Run" that owners bought into and the course went from Barstow to Las Vegas on a power line access road. The Raptor is more than capable of driving this road, as is any 4x4 truck. It is long and remote, but easy to do. It is a good road to let the Raptor stretch its legs. The organizing company, pre ran the course the week before the run at high speed and bent the frame on their truck. They also had Lawrance off road GPS in their truck and were marking the course. They did not inform the Raptor owners they damaged their truck and did not give course maps out. They ran all the trucks at racing speed and advertised running at over 100 mph. The Raptor is electronically limited to 100 mph from the factory, so these trucks had modified ECUs that allowed them to go faster. None of the owners had been on the course before and they were being led down it at high speed with no course notes, no maps, and no communication between trucks.
Since this first run, changes have been made to how they are organized and no problems have occurred since.
Many Raptor had of aftermarket leaf spring packs, which made the ride softer but also made it easier to bottom out due to the softer spring rate. All trucks running aftermarket springs during the run bent their frame, and of the ones that didn't all were stock. The stock trucks that did bend their frame were much less severe than the modified trucks.
One of the owners that went on the run had this to say about it
If Ford fixes these, I will be surprised. Why? The trucks were driven past what they are capable of. You do not buy a GT500 and expect it to drive like a race car, why would you buy a Raptor and expect it to handle and take the abuse of a trophy truck?...While it was not a challenging route we took, we caught quite a bit of air, jumped the road, hit numerous G-Outs at faster than anything sensible, hit speeds off road in excess of 125mph (I did) and had a shit load of fun doing so. How were most of the bent frames caused? inherent weakness in the frame and over driving the truck. Is there mods to fix this for those of you who are scared? Yes. Drive slower in the desert and know the road you are driving.
What more can be said than if you drive off road irresponsibly, your truck is not going to look good at the end of the day. It doesn't matter if you're in a Raptor, a Jeep or a Trophy Truck that costs half a million dollars, has three feet of suspension travel, a chromemoly chassis and a helicopter chasing it. It doesn't matter how strong the frame is if the person behind the wheel doesn't know when to lift. And the Raptor has a very strong frame. It doesn't bend easily.
Jumping the Raptor isn't what bent the frames. The Raptor can fly high and far as long as the driver knows what he is doing and makes the landing, as proven here by a pro driver on a course designed for trucks.
Done right, the Raptor will happily fly all day long and then take you home in comfort, like a Porsche after a track day. If you land the jumps properly, that is. Jumping the trucks isn't how the famous Raptor Frame Scandal began. Hitting dirt kickers at speed is what bent those trucks, and it is far harsher on the truck than jumping it where the suspension is at full droop and all the available travel is there to slow the fall. Kickers on dirt roads are sharp rises, like curbs or speed bumps, that cause your suspension to compress very quickly when taken at speed. The one on the road to Las Vegas that caused the scandal was about 8-12 inches according to people that went on the run. Best case scenario, it will demand the tire move up 8" in a fraction of a second since they were going so fast. If you have 6" of uptravel (likely less, since the trucks were carrying passengers and gear) and you need to move the wheel up 8" almost instantly while traveling at speed. The axle has nowhere to go after the suspension is fully compressed, the tire has given as much as it can and the bump stop mount has broken. The truck frame gives. The truck doesn't lose control, nor does it break in a way that strands the driver. If the frame didn't give out, the axle would have kicked the rear of the truck into the air, which could cause the truck to lose control. That's a very dangerous situation in the desert, particularly to inexperienced drivers in trucks without roll cages or safety harnesses which would be required by any racing organization which allows you to do the exact same thing but with a number and a time.
The cost to straighten the frame was around $800 at the Ford dealer. The warranty is not voided, although it doesn't cover the damage cause by irresponsible driving that causes a bent frame. The cost of a single rear Raptor shock is around $700, so breaking those instead of bending the frame would have crippled the vehicle in the desert and cost more to fix.
Is the Raptor a truck without flaws? No. The Raptor uses polyurethane bump stops, which are nothing like the hydraulic bumps stops it deserves to have. The poly bump slows the axle down too fast, too late and allows a high G load to impact the frame upon bottoming out. A hydraulic bump stop, like what professional pre runners and race trucks have, would make bending the frame much harder to do, so if there is anywhere the Raptor needs improvement it is with the bump stops.
Ford did strengthen the frame in 2013, by doubling the thickness of the frame material in the rear area. Does that mean they acknowledge the previous frames were weak? No, it is just them improving the truck, which they have done every year since it came out. They've added things like bead lock wheels and a Torsen limited slip front differential to make it better off road, and those things were no more necessary than reinforcing the frame. The Raptor's frame isn't "Too Weak For Off-Roading", but it is not fool proof. Don't be a fool, and the Raptor and its frame will do anything you can reasonably expect a factory stock truck that costs $45,000 to do.


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The Seneca Scourge starts out with following Mr. Lamb, who you could call "patient zero". He is the start of everything that is to follow. He has huge coughing attacks, sneezing, fever... All the symptoms you might have with a severe, but common cold. He was in Nairobi studying geology and was returning home. Then flash forward a couple of days to Sydney McKnight, who is studying Mr. Lamb's condition in the ICU. They have never seen anything like the disease that they saw in Mr. Lamb. They have never seen such quick deterioration, such destruction of the lungs (but only the lungs). They are utterly confused on what to do. When he dies, they test his lungs with a suspicion it is Influenza, type C. It must be some sort of strange mutation, right?
Meanwhile, her boss, Casper Jones, has been acting very strangely and secretively. Sydney, however, is so tired and stressed she barely notices, for the time being. For very good reason. Just 2 weeks after Thomas Lamb contracted the illness, thousands more become infected. Starting with the nurse that cared for him and his wife. It goes to students at the school his wife teaches at and spreads and spreads and spreads. The hospitals don't have enough room or medicine to take care of them all. People die in 5-8 days of contracting the illness. The author compares this epidemic to the 1918 influenza epidemic. In 1918, the death rate was about 2.5%. This Influenza type C has a 75% death rate. It's staggering. Hospitals are overworked, working 16 hour shifts. Sydney is so tired, and to make it even worse, both of her best friends have contracted what is now known as the "Seneca Scourge".
However, Casper is acting stranger and stranger. Seeming to try to break rules, hide samples, and mess around with things that just don't make sense to her. She doesn't make to big of a fuss as she is busy trying to care for patients, but her mind is occupied with her suspicions. That all changes when she finds him injecting something into one of her patients. Just a bit prior she found out that Casper is not who he said he was. Her suspicions aroused, she demands him to tell her what is going on, but he refuses and backs out. Sydney is not one to take no for an answer, so she breaks into his apartment and finds the most startling things. Tiny electron microscopes, DNA unravelers, and most shocking of all, insulin in pill form! She is astounded, just as Casper returns him. She demands an answer, and Casper finally relents. What is his secret? Can Sydney (or anyone) save millions and millions of dying? Who is Casper and what is he doing here? Read and find out!
I love, love, love, LOVED this book. I thought the way the author wrote this was quality work and very well done. There were however, some faults I found (let's get this out of the way). Firstly, on the second page of the first chapter (and in other places throughout the book), there seems to be a lot of dialogue, but not so much action; either by the characters or what is happening in general. I'd like for the characters to be doing something, even if it's an annoying tic like tapping their pen, or something like that. It felt... too "talky" if you will, for me. There were some minor spelling and grammar errors. In the kindle location 1383 (not sure which page), there is a typo where it says "pasties", but I assume it should say "panties". Although wearing panties and a thong is redundant. Perhaps a bikini/bra? I digress. I also though that there was a strange and extremely fast paced attraction Mitch (one of Sydney's collegues and apparent boyfriend) had to Sydney. They were "dating" for no more than a couple of weeks and Mitch is already climbing all over her wanting what I can only assume to be is sex. This however, seems much too fast paced. Although I liked the scene and how it showed Sydney's character, perhaps the author should have elongated the time that they have been going out or stretch it out more throughout the book. However, these problems were quite minor to the incredible writing overall the author did.
I thought what the author did right is almost everything. Firstly, the building of Sydney's characters as a bit introverted and suspicious kept building throughout the story as flashbacks to her past and her thinking of her past and how that affects her in the present. It's also very apparently in the way she talks and acts. I also loved the way the author built up the tension and suspicion Sydney had towards Casper by just the way Casper acted. The more you read, the more and more suspicious things Casper started to do and you really thought of him as the bad guy. It was really awesome. Also, I appreciate the language used, even though it was challenging in many places. It required me to look them up (thank you built in dictionary in Kindle) and really think about it, which is awesome. It's very rare for me to look up words because author's don't normally choose words wisely. It wasn't just medical terms that I had to search up, but adjectives and adverbs too. The plot and action was great too. The epidemic itself reminded me of games like Plague Inc or movies like Contagion. But the characters and plot within the story made it so much more. The twist at the end is also masterfully done and I definitely did not see that coming. I could go on and on and on about how well this book was written, but I think you guys get the gist. I highly recommend this book. I would give it 4 out of 4 stars for the aforementioned reasons. It was just well written, well thought out, well planned, and just a great book altogether. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a fast paced, page turner who isn't scared of a bit of medical terms and lots of scientific thought!
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association showered awards praise on "Vice," which received six Golden Globe nominations on Thursday. But it was a bad morning for everyone named Ryan (Gosling, Coogler and Reynolds) at the 76th annual awards show, which reveals its winners on Jan. 6 (NBC, 8 p.m. ET/5 PT).
Here are the most notable snubs:
Ryan Gosling, Ryan Coogler and Ryan Reynolds. It was a tough year for everyone's favorite Ryan. Ryan Gosling lost out on a nomination as astronaut Neil Armstrong in "First Man" (also overlooked for best drama). Ryan Coogler was passed over as the director of "Black Panther" (nominated for best drama). And Ryan Reynolds lost out as Wade Wilson in "Deadpool 2."
"The Grinch." The animated film version of the Dr. Seuss classic, with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the Christmas-hating creep, has been a moviegoing favorite this holiday season. But it missed out on an animated movie nomination.
"Atlanta." The FX series, created and starring Donald Glover, took best comedy at the Golden Globes last year, but failed to earn that nomination in 2018. Glover was nominated for best actor in a comedy, an award he won last year.
"A Quiet Place." Director and star John Krasinski's box-office hit ($330 million worldwide in box office), his first starring collaboration with wife Emily Blunt, has received the kind of rare critical raves for a horror film to warrant awards recognition (with an impressive 95% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes). The film was nominated for movie of the year at the People's Choice Awards, but only scratched out a best original score nomination.
"Widows." With an all-star cast (including Viola Davis and Liam Neeson), Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen's heist-drama seems poised for awards glory. But it received nothing at the Golden Globes, not even for best actress for Davis.
"Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again." With both "A Star As Born" and Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" moved to the drama section, there was room for another actual musical to move into the best comedy or musical category. Ten years ago, the original "Mamma Mia!" took two nominations, for best comedy or musical, and best actress for Meryl Streep. But the sequel was shut out in 2018.
Amandla Stenberg: ("The Hate U Give"): Stenberg has earned raves for performance in the timely drama as student Starr Carter, who witnesses the fatal police shooting of her childhood best friend.
Hugh Jackman: Given that Jackman nabbed a best actor nomination last year for "The Greatest Showman," it would have seemed that the beloved Aussie actor could ride into this year's awards with a nomination for his serious political drama "The Front Runner," playing Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart. But he did not.
Meryl Streep: Sure, Meryl Streep has a smaller role as Donna in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!" than she did in 2008's "Mamma Mia," which earned a best actress nomination. But this is three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep, who has won eight Golden Globes. Any time she's overlooked, it's a snub.


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Bailey's Glen is a 55+ Active Adult Community located in the fabulous Lake Norman area of North Carolina, in the city of Cornelius. Just 16 miles North of Charlotte, minutes to Lake Norman and just over an hour to the Blue Ridge mountains this is the perfect location to enjoy activities in all 4 mild seasons from Cultural Events, Professional Sports, Water Sports, and Leaf Peeping, to Snow Skiing.
Within the 145 acre community of Bailey's Glen you will enjoy your beautiful quality crafted home built by South Creek Developers, featuring maintenance free yard care. When out and about in the Glen there are countless opportunities to socialize and develop friendships participating in just about any activity you can imagine from Exercise classes to Book Clubs, Crafts, Billiards, games and so much more. Our two full time activity directors can keep you as busy as you choose to be.
Amenities at Bailey's Glen include: Jr Olympic size pool, 5 Pickleball courts, Tennis, Court, Croquet and Bocce venues, Putting Green, Outdoor "summer kitchen" for grilling, Horseshoe park, Splash Pad Park, Amphitheatre Park, Fitness Rooms, Full Gym and trainer, Arts and crafts Room with embroidery and sewing machines, Billiards in the Pub, Bicycles, Community Garden, Walking trails, Kayaking, and much more.
Coming soon are another pool, wood working shop, greenhouse and restaurant.
Baileys Glen is about 80% built out and when complete will contain 372 single family homes and 132 condominiums.
The sister community, just up Bailey Road, Bailey's Glen at The Forest, is now under construction. There will be 172 homes, all front load, larger models, and an additional pool and clubhouse. Amenities will be shared between Bailey's Glen and The Forest.
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A recipe for a beautiful cheesecake bar swirled with lime curd.
Source: A recipe by Heather at Sprinkle Bakes, which was guest-posted on Confessions of a Cookbook Queen.
Yield: 12 large bars
Regular readers of this blog have heard me mention Pinterest several times recently. I've been trolling some wonderful food blogs, and happily pinning my favorite recipes, saving them for later use. I have a pin board just for cookies, another for other desserts, one for breakfast, and a fourth for other foods. If you want a preview of coming attractions on this blog, just visit these boards! I can almost guarantee my next recipe is there somewhere. This week, however, Pinterest told me something interesting.
I pinned this Lime-Cheesecake Bar recipe, and within a couple days, it had over 150 re-pins. This is more than 4 times more than it's nearest competitor on my boards. It seemed significant. Since I had been wanting to make it anyway, and there is the added bonus that St. Patrick's Day is only a few days away, the high repin number put me over the edge. I made my husband drive me to the grocery store for fresh limes and cream cheese, and I got busy baking. (And cleaning the kitchen, if truth be told.)
Unfortunately, this dessert came with mixed feelings for me. A recent visit with my doctor convinced me to cut back on dessert foods, but I'm not really sure how that's going to work, what with all the cookie blogging. I figured I could easily find people to give them to, so they would still be enjoyed. As I baked, my husband was getting prepared for a computer gaming get-together, and I fully intended to send the bars with him. But, alas! He left before the bars were done.
Meanwhile, my teenage sons were planning a late-night party with a bunch of buddies from the neighborhood, so I figured I could find some takers that way. I limited myself to just one bar.
Just ONE. PRECIOUS. Sweet-lime-swirled-cream-cheese-homemade-graham-cracker-crust BAR.
With water. (Diet Dr. Pepper is also on the chopping block.)
*le sigh*…
I dirtied a lot of dishes making this heavenly dessert, and although I had a lot of fun creating something so beautiful, I wondered whether it would be worth the effort. I guess dessert food is always worth the effort for me, though, because it didn't stop me from making the effort. It is just fun to make something so deliciously beautiful!
And take pictures of something so deliciously beautiful.
And blog about something so deliciously beautiful.
If you want to impress people with your deliciously beautiful baking, I recommend this bar highly. Very highly.
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- ½ cup melted butter
- 2- 8 oz. packages cream cheese
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs + 1 egg white
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 T. flour
- ½ cup softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs + 2 egg yolks
- 4-5 oz. fresh lime juice (I did not use key limes, just the regular variety)
- FOR CURD: Mix together butter and sugar.
- Add eggs and yolks one at a time, mixing between each.
- Add fresh lime juice, and stir.
- Put mixture on the stove over medium-high heat. Use a thermometer, and mix and cook until mixture reaches 170 degrees.
- Remove from stove and pour into a separate dish to cool. Use green and yellow food coloring to tint curd a bright lime-green color. Cover with plastic wrap, putting wrap right against the top of the curd to keep it from getting a skin. Chill in the fridge until cool.
- FOR CRUST: Mix cracker crumbs and butter together. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 or comparable sized pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 5 minutes.
- FOR CHEESECAKE: With electric beaters, mix ingredients in order, one at a time.
- Reserve 1 cup cheesecake mixture, and pour the rest over the baked crust.
- TO FINISH: Mix about half (or more) of the cooled lime curd with the reserved cheesecake mixture.
- Spoon lime-cheesecake mixture over the cheesecake in big dollops.
- Spoon remaining lime curd over cheesecake in big dollops.
- Use a knife to make long passes through the cheesecake and marble everything together.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes. Allow to cool, then chill in refrigerator before cutting into bars.
If you enjoy this recipe, you might also enjoy:
Lattice Pie Bars from Sprinkle Bakes
Cherry Limeade Pie in a Jar from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
Perfect No-Bake Cheesecake from Get Off Your Butt and Bake


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Sales Manager - Forklift in Lagos, Nigeria
Job Vacancy at DGU CONSULT
- Industry
- Sales / Marketing
- Specialization
- Sales/Business Development
- Minimum Qualification
- Bachelor's Degree
- Required Experience
- 5 - 7 years
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Gender
- Male or Female
Job Description
Our Client is into sales and service of world class products- Toyota and Ford Motors, Toyota Material handling (Forklifts , Pallet Trucks, Stackers, Reach Trucks etc),Industrial Equipment (Industrial Air Compressors , Mining drills (Surface drilling equipments), Jack hammers, Mining drill rods and Drill bits ), JCB Generators.
Minimum Requirements: A good first degree in Engineering or its equivalent in a reputable institution with minimum of 7 years sales experience in Industrial Equipments preferably on Forklift.
- Target Oriented Environment, Quick and smart decision making skills, Value based selling skills
- Should have a clear understanding about market and the locations of the industries.
- Basic knowledge on logistics and supply chain management is an added advantage.
- This position needs a intensive travelling and market coverage
- Good communication, ability to drive is essential


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The title of this article is conjectural. Although it is based on canonical information, the actual name is a conjecture and may be supplanted at any time by additional information released from canonical sources. If this occurs, please move this page to the appropriate title.
Mr Goshawk (fl. 1915-1920) was the husband of Mrs Goshawk, and the father of the nine Goshawk sisters, including Diadema, Romilda, Tangwystl and Miranda Goshawk.
This individual had several siblings and, through their marriages, many nieces and nephews.[3]
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells (Mentioned only)
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- ↑ Presuming a 9-month-long gestation period for every Goshawk sister, the very latest the eldest sister could have been born is December, 1915. Thus, this individual must have been born before this year.
- ↑ Again, presuming a 9-month-long gestation period, and knowing that Miranda Goshawk (this individual's last daughter) was born in 1921 (unknown month), the earliest she could have been conceived was in around April, 1920.
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Spells


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St. Paul Pioneer Press claims that Favre has put a deposit down already on an Edina Condo.
Again, deal is done. Vikes are just waiting for the right time to announce the signing – apparently they will be requiring those who purchase Packer game tickets to also buy tickets for the pre-season game against the Chiefs – which would have otherwise sold 10-15 tickets, experts estimate.


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When I went to RWA National in July, I got one message loud and clear, even if it was never expressed quite this bluntly:
Never badmouth a fellow romance writer or her books. Ever. No exceptions.
Yeah, I can see how that's a good policy for RWA to promote. And I've tried to abide by that.
At the same time, there seems to be a reward for being compliant with the No Dissing rule. In every speech I heard in Orlando at RWA National and at NJRW's "Put Your Heart in a Book" conference last week, there was at least one point where the speaker referred to her dearest RWA friend(s). Women who had been there for the speaker during divorces, the death of a spouse, bad reviews, professional successes and set-backs. Women the speaker couldn't have done it without.
I get the impression that's the quid pro quo for the No Dissing rule: You won't be alone.
I understand the concept. I've joined an organization with thousands of members who share something with me -- my love of romances, at the very least. Two thousand people attended RWA National; even a regional conference like NJRW attracts over 400 writers.
But what's supposed to be a reward for following the No Dissing rule turns out to be, for me, just more work.
We're getting close to the "It's not you, it's me" part.
Here's what happened at NJRW. The speakers were dynamic, the workshops were really helpful (seriously -- better even than the ones I took at RWA National), and the venue was great. But on Saturday afternoon, a famous writer (a woman whose name I recognized and whose books I've read) asked me, "Are you having fun?"
I had to think about that. I knew the answer, but was this a situation where I should lie? For whatever reason, I told her the truth. "No. I'm not having fun."
And I wasn't. I was learning a lot, and I was doing the stuff I needed to do (querying agents, networking, etc.), but it was work, and not the fun kind of work.
My inquisitor wasn't happy with my answer, which she took to be evidence I was depressed that I wasn't (yet) successful as a writer. "You need to stay positive, keep in the moment, remain focused," she insisted.
I turned to her. "It's like that line in the movie, 'What we have here is a failure to communicate,'" I said. "I've said nothing to suggest I'm not staying positive, keeping in the moment, etc. I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, but it's not fun. It's work."
I pretty much shut up after that. Oh, other than telling Famous Author that she appeared to be 23, which must have sounded really snotty coming from me but which was, ironically, a true statement. She has really pretty long blonde hair, and she looks very youthful. But I wouldn't blame her for being offended; overall, I was not polite to her. And I'm sorry about that.
What I couldn't explain was that just being in the same place with 400 other romance writers is, for me, not fun. I'm supposed to feel energized, released from the solitary nature of writing. I'm supposed to enjoy the sorority of women (because while there are men in RWA, really, it's about the women), who love and care about each other, help and support one another, and truly wish for your success as much as their own.
Okay, so here's where I tell you that it's not you (all of you reading this who are fellow writers -- or are women), it's me. I'm damaged. Put me in a room with a hundred women -- hell, put me in a room with ten women -- and I'm at Def-Con 5. At the end of an all-women meeting recently, I noticed one person and thought, "She looks nice." Then it hit me: she was the only one who hadn't said anything.
I come by my distrust naturally. I have a sister, and my 50+ years with her does not serve as a template for a healthy, supportive relationship with another woman. Rather the contrary.
Which should be the end of this post. So sorry, RWA members. I apologize for failing to appreciate one of the best things my annual dues affords me: instant admission to the Sisterhood of the Breathless Pants. I'm sorry I was rude to the Famous Writer (and former Pep Squad member?). I regret not being able to show the right spirit, like joining the let-down-your-hair; so-great-to-get-caught-up events like Saturday night karaoke in our slippers.
The last line was going to be: It's not you, it's me.
And then I read this: a publicity piece about Kelly Valen, the author of The Twisted Sisterhood. It's a book that grew out of this article in the New York Times, which begins,
MY life's greatest sorrow stems from my inability to feel close to other women. At 41, I've cautiously cultivated a few cherished female friendships. But generally I feel a kind of skittish distrust and discomfort when dealing with most women, particularly women in packs.
Apart from the part about cautiously cultivated friendships, I can really relate to what she's saying. I too am nervous about women in packs. Like you find at an RWA conference. And in Romlandia, our corner of the Internet.
Incidentally, read Valen's story -- it's hard not to feel for what she went through.
She literally joined a sorority and got kicked out in the most painful way imaginable. She is in a position to compare the cruelty of men (she was raped) with the cruelty of women, and she knows which scars are worse.
I don't have any of that. My fears are not the result of trauma at the hands of women in college or grad school. But because of what I did go through, I'm guarded around women quite specifically, and I think that's because a small but significant number of women are capable of cruelty to other women. I've seen them do it.
More specifically, I've seen women exclaim their feminist ideals and then stab another woman in the back. I've compared this to someone insisting that "it's all about preventing cruelty to puppies and kittens," while keeping a dog on a four-foot length of rope in the backyard because otherwise he barks too much. What's the defense, that's he's the only dog in the world who deserves to be mistreated?
By being so guarded, am I missing out on wonderful relationships with great women? You bet I am. I know there are a lot really special women out there, women who would do anything for their friends. If I met such a woman one-on-one, I might be able to see how special she is. But I tend to miss her in a group because I'm too busy avoiding the rare woman who thinks it's okay to be mean.
Part of this dynamic is the insistence that we women have to stick together to oppose institutional sexism, to fight for equal rights and commensurate pay, to protect each other from the savagery of men. And it's all true: we have to do all those things. But why are those efforts mutually exclusive with complaints about the cruelty of women against women?
I wonder sometimes if the women who scream the loudest about the necessity of a united female front are the ones who can trash another woman and feel completely justified about it.
So, yeah. It's me, all right. But it's also us. We are complicit by not taking a stand against both the cruelty and the insistence that women can't complain about other women.
I think if I saw more self-policing, I might feel better about my membership in the Sisterhood.


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My little boy is six, the age of most of the children who were killed last week. When I realized this, several days after the fact (because I'm slow), all the air whooshed out of me like I had been kicked in the gut. Oh, the unspeakable, heart-wrenching agony those families are going through!
Shortly after this realization (and after letting myself have a good cry), I made a deliberate decision to stop thinking, reading, listening, or talking about the shooting.
I realized that I could spend hours mulling over the pain of those families. I could superimpose their reality over mine, imagining what it would feel like to go through such suffering. Inevitably, I'd start to hurt as though I actually might understand what they're going through. I'd feel sad. I'd grow anxious, worried, and depressed. I know myself. This is how I respond.
The truth is, however, that I don't understand their pain. I couldn't possibly because it's not my reality. Letting my mind play over the horrific happenings does me no good. It doesn't do any good for my family, nor does it do any good for the grieving families.
See, I do not know those families. This does not mean I don't care about them, because I do. As a human, I am connected to them. We share the same culture. We share the parent-child bond.
But honestly, how much can I really care about someone I've never met? For me, caring demands a hands-on response. It means dropping what I'm doing to meet someone where they're at. When our friends' son went missing, we dropped and went. When my girlfriend's husband was dying, I dropped and went. When my children are crying, I drop and go. (Though sometimes I don't. It depends on the kind of cry.)
There have been so many different responses as a result of this tragedy. Some people are weepy, others angry. Some people act like nothing has happened. Others are debating gun control and mental illness. There are people who feel like they can't continue on with glorious everyday life in the face of such pain.
None of these reactions are wrong. We all have our own ways of processing. But in order to take care of myself, I have to draw a line somewhere. There are tragedies all over the world all the time. If I internalized them all, I'd be stuck in bed forever.
Perhaps this sounds selfish. Maybe narrow-minded or naive. But I think not. Some battles I am forced to fight, whether or not I want to. But I have a choice on others. Just as I am careful how we structure our days, what people we relate to, what movies we watch and books we read, I am also careful of what types of emotional/political/theological/etc. struggles I will allow myself to engage in.
The other day on a walk with my sister-in-law, we discussed the shooting. Which then got us talking about other horrors—Rwanda, North Korea, etc.
"Sometimes I wonder if it does any good for me to even know about this stuff," she said. "We think it's important to know but maybe it's not."
I wonder the same thing. What good does it do us, hearing about every kidnapping, shooting, robbery, and rape that happens the world over? Are we a more compassionate society than we were a hundred years ago? I doubt it. Perhaps we're more savvy, sophisticated, street smart, educated, and globally aware, but I don't think those characteristics ensure an increased level of compassion. In fact, they may even hinder it.
A couple days ago, my older son said, "People keep saying that you should always say good-bye when you leave because you never know when it will be your last good-bye."
"Well, yes," I said, suddenly exasperated. "You should say good-bye, but do it because it's good manners and because people need to know you're leaving, not because you're afraid you won't see them again. That's kinda morbid."
Because of the shootings, everyone is being advised to hold their babies extra tight. On several different occasions I've allowed myself to do this, to soak up their sweetness while thinking of the mothers who can no longer hold their own children.
But then I make myself stop because it somehow feels wrong to use someone elses grief to intensify my love for my children. I want to hold my babies simply because I love them.
It is not easy, even impossible sometimes, to turn the sadness off. On the other hand, sometimes the sadness gives us pause and helps us to become more thoughtful, more sensitive, more authentic. My genetic make-up is such that the sadness pulls me down into depression, a depression that is neither virtuous or necessary.
*Thanks to this post for providing clarity.
*Here's some questions and lots of thoughtful comments regarding the shooting and why it feels so close.
Update: Lenore reposted this on Free Range Kids!
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Nationally, both parties struggle with various branches of ideological intent: some are traditionalists, others are reformers. A Republican Party in New York City (or any major city for that matter) needs to lean to its reformist element. This party has to be one of ideas, with traditional virtue riding shotgun.
The reason why the Queens GOP story, as it unfolds, is important is because Queens is the most diverse, and most centrist, part of the city. This is an opportunity for the party to embrace ideas that many of its members already talk about.
For too long, they have been burdened solely with trying to get people elected. That philosophy worked to some degree, but it risks losing the dialogue with the rest of the electorate. Build the party, and electoral victories might follow.
The party can issue a platform of ideas that it stands behind, regardless of how many people it sends to the City Council or the State Senate. It can re-introduce itself to the city with a platform of ideas on education, taxes, and economic growth (or other issues). It has to prove that it is bigger than the names that appear on its line.
This is the only way to move forward. In the end, both the Democrats and Republicans have an obligation to provide the city with robust parties that work for and against each other to ensure legitimate checks and balances.
This is an opportunity to reset priorities for a party that is still useful to the city. There are active members of the party that have a lot to say regarding new ideas, they should be helping to write the next chapter in Queens politics. Does this sound too optimistic or fanciful? Well, it should not. This is the only way to grow a party, in any district or city.
How Would Weiner Govern?
This question is far more important than why the former congressman was Tweeting whatever with whomever.
With Anthony Weiner all but declaring that he is entering the primary race for mayor, nobody is talking about what he would like to move quickly on if he actually was mayor. The public is so infatuated with how somebody might win, that they neglect how they might govern.
All we really know about Weiner thus far is his congressional record and what he campaigned on the last time he ran for mayor – eight years ago. Of course Weiner is going to play his hand close to the vest, since the more he says about public education, pensions, taxes, etc., the more he can be criticized.
But many in the press have seemingly no interest in what this man (who is polling second) might do as mayor of New York City. This city has experienced reduced crime to the tune of 60 percent in the last two decades. Continuing some of these successes should be something that we want.
Another factor that matters is how a Mayor Weiner would staff City Hall. This is a congressman who was notoriously difficult on his Washington team. That might be okay for a small congressional office, but how would that work in the largest local bureaucracy in the country?
Bloomberg has been able to manage City Hall relatively well. One might assume that Weiner has already outlined who would be his go-to people in education, the NYPD, etc. After all, he has had his sights on this for a long time.
We are getting closer to the primary, but these are real questions that have gotten overshadowed by cyber-gossip.